10-28-21, 11:56 AM | |
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i assume you're referring to the DVDs led by its founder, Callan Pinckney.
Callan Pinckney was a student of Lydia Bach or Lotte Berk who taught live classes (someone can correct me here). Callanetics is barre - Callan was the first to put it in video format to make it available to consumers across the globe. youtube has clips - this is the link to the very first DVD, the blue cover with "...10 years younger in 10 hours..." aka 10/10, released in the mid-80s. i had the betamax tape version when it came out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdg1...jk1eg8d55A8HHY Callan leads these titles - Beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swe6...5A8HHY&index=3 AM/PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr00...5A8HHY&index=5 Quick Callanetics (combo of Stomach, Hips/behind, legs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kjm...5A8HHY&index=4 Super Callanetics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q74...5A8HHY&index=2 Totalfitnessdvds has clips of DVDs led by Sandra Hanna & Sara Cooperman (Evolution and they did another DVD, Cardio Callanetics) and Lacey Kondi (rebooted callanetics). edited to add - VF thread - it has a photo of VFers who attended a live Lotte Berk class with Lydia in the photo: Mysterious origins of barre workouts???
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10-28-21, 12:19 PM | |
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Callan worked with Lotte Berk in England. Lydia Bach brought the method to the US and owned a studio in NYC for decades. I always think of Callanetics as the predecessor to barre as we know it. Callan developed her own style based on Lotte's work and then Lydia developed her own version. Callan's big thing was getting into very specific positions and then doing very small movements.
Here's a YouTube clip from the short Hips and Behind Workout and one from the original Callanetics video workout called 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours. These will give you and idea of what Callan's old workout videos feel like. Lydia was apparently very hard to work with and felt she owned the American version of barre. She did finally put out a series of DVDs that were pretty good, but by then several other people had left and opened studios and released workout videos. Fred and Elizabeth were former Lydia Bach instructors. Around the time of Lydia's videos Fit Boop organized a VF trip to Lydia's rural NY studio, later the Studio 57 studio after Lydia closed her operation, though as I remember, since no one prepaid for the class a bunch of people just didn't show up. I had the original Callanetics video, the Beginner one, Super Callanetics and AM/PM on tape. Even as a beginner who liked instruction, the Beginner one drove me crazy with all of the instruction.
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10-28-21, 03:51 PM | |
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In the Beginners workout the set is like a living room and people are using chairs, a coffee table and even the front edge of a sofa. Callan does really emphasize to not put too much weight on your support. She wanted you to stay in a more beginner posture until you could progress without holding on for dear life. I have only done the newer Callanetics workouts a couple of times and I don't remember if they did anything that made the barre necessary.
Jeannine, good work on finding the thread and photo from the VF trip. I'm guessing we posted some of the same links.
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10-28-21, 03:59 PM | |
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Here's a clip of Begining Callanetics showing more of the workout and use of furniture.
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